Corticofugal regulation of excitatory and inhibitory frequency tuning curves of bat inferior collicular neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 841, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 184-188

  Jen, Philip H S ^a   Zhang, Ji Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Bat; Corticofugal facilitation and inhibition; Inferior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUNING CURVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHIROPTERA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; NEURONS;

EID: 0033546935     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01786-2     Document Type: Article

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